STATES WITH LAWS PROHIBITING BSL

The following states all have laws that prohibit local governments from enacting breed-specific legislation or have statements
saying that BSL may not hold up in court: California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.

Below are actual state laws and links to the laws on the web, where available.

California

31683. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a city or county from adopting or enforcing its own program
for the control of potentially dangerous or vicious dogs that may incorporate all, part, or none of this chapter, or that
may punish a violation of this chapter as a misdemeanor or may impose a more restrictive program to control potentially dangerous
or vicious dogs, provided that no program shall regulate these dogs in a manner that is specific as to breed.

Colorado

18-9-204.5. Unlawful ownership of dangerous dogs.

(5) (a) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a municipality from adopting any rule or law for the control
of dangerous dogs; except that any such rule or law shall not regulate dangerous dogs in a manner that is specific to breed.

Florida

Chapter 767 - Damage By Dogs

767.14. Additional local restrictions authorized. -- Nothing in this act shall limit any local government from
placing further restrictions or additional requirements on owners of dangerous dogs or developing procedures and criteria
for the implementation of this act, provided that no such regulation is specific to breed and that the provisions of this
act are not lessened by such additional regulations or requirements.

Illinois

Public Act 093-0548

Sec. 24. Nothing in this Act shall be held to limit in any manner the power of any municipality or other subdivision to
prohibit animals from running at large, nor shall anything in this Act be construed to, in any manner, limit the power of
any municipality or other political subdivision to further control and regulate dogs, cats or other animals in such municipality
or other political subdivision provided that no regulation or ordinance is specific to breed.

Maine

§3950. Local regulations. Each municipality is empowered to adopt or retain more stringent ordinances, laws or
regulations dealing with the subject matter of this chapter, except that municipalities may not adopt breed-specific ordinances,
laws or regulations.

Minnesota

347.51 Dangerous dogs; registration.
Subd. 8. Local ordinances. A statutory or home rule charter city, or a county, may not adopt an ordinance regulating dangerous
or potentially dangerous dogs based solely on the specific breed of the dog. Ordinances inconsistent with this subdivision
are void.

New Jersey

4:19-36. Act to supersede inconsistent local laws

The provisions of this act shall supersede any law, ordinance, or regulation concerning vicious or potentially dangerous
dogs, any specific breed of dog, or any other type of dog inconsistent with this act enacted by any municipality, county,
or county or local board of health.

New York

Article 7, Section 107

5. Nothing contained in this article shall prevent a municipality from adopting its own program for the control of dangerous
dogs; provided, however, that no such program shall be less stringent than this article, and no such program shall regulate
such dogs in a manner that is specific as to breed. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, this
subdivision and section one hundred twenty-one of this article shall apply to all municipalities including cities of two million
or more.

Pennsylvania

AGRICULTURE (Title 3) - THE DOG LAW - ARTICLE V-A. DANGEROUS DOGS

§459-507-A. Construction of article. (c)Local ordinances. - Those provisions of local ordinances relating to
dangerous dogs are hereby abrogated. A local ordinance otherwise dealing with dogs may not prohibit or otherwise limit a
specific breed of dog.

Texas

§822.047[0]. LOCAL REGULATION OF DANGEROUS DOGS. A county or municipality may place additional requirements or restrictions
on dangers dogs if the requirements or restrictions: (1) are not specific to one breed or several breeds of dogs; and (2)
are more stringent than restrictions provided by this subchapter.

Virginia

Code of Virginia > 3.1-796.93:1

C. 2. No canine or canine crossbreed shall be found to be a dangerous dog or vicious dog solely because it is a particular
breed, nor shall the local governing body prohibit the ownership of a particular breed of canine or canine crossbreed.

Washington

16.08.100

(3) The owner of any dog that aggressively attacks and causes severe injury or death of any human, whether or not the dog
has previously been declared potentially dangerous or dangerous, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a class C felony punishable
in accordance with RCW 9A.20.021. It is an affirmative defense that the defendant must prove by a preponderance of the evidence
that the human severely injured or killed by the defendant's dog: (a) Trespassed on the defendant's real or personal property
which was enclosed by fencing suitable to prevent the entry of young children and designed to prevent the dog from escaping
and marked with clearly visible signs warning people, including children, not to trespass and to beware of dog; or (b) provoked
the defendant's dog without justification or excuse on the defendant's real or personal property which was enclosed by fencing
suitable to prevent the entry of young children and designed to prevent the dog from escaping and marked with clearly visible
signs warning people, including children, not to trespass and to beware of dog. In such a prosecution, the state has the burden
of showing that the owner of the dog either knew or should have known that the dog was potentially dangerous as defined in
this chapter. The state may not meet its burden of proof that the owner should have known the dog was potentially dangerous
solely by showing the dog to be a particular breed or breeds. In addition, the dog shall be immediately confiscated by an
animal control authority, quarantined, and upon conviction of the owner destroyed in an expeditious and humane manner.